Wild Wings Group Build 2011

Yeh, I know what you mean.  More than $20 is big money to me.  And when we find a house, even $10 will have to be agreed upon by the Mrs.

VanceCrozier

I suppose there is a point of no return when your talking big-money kits! Well, big-money to me and Hammer anyway!

 

I suppose there is a point of no return when your talking big-money kits! Well, big-money to me and Hammer anyway!

VanceCrozier

 

DoogsATX:

 

IIRC the Tamiya A-10 dates from the late 70s.

The Revellogram was regarded as the best A-10 in 1/48 until the Hobby Boss came out, but 1) I've read some negative impressions of the Hobby Boss kit and 2) the HB kit is $70...

 

 

ugghh - my first "negative impression" would be $70?!?!?! The good news? You could still buy 3 of them for less that $229...

Honestly, if I was going to spend $70 on a 1/48 A-10, I'd just suck it up and spend $130 on the 1/32 Trumpy kit.

DoogsATX

IIRC the Tamiya A-10 dates from the late 70s.

The Revellogram was regarded as the best A-10 in 1/48 until the Hobby Boss came out, but 1) I've read some negative impressions of the Hobby Boss kit and 2) the HB kit is $70...

ugghh - my first "negative impression" would be $70?!?!?! The good news? You could still buy 3 of them for less that $229...

IIRC the Tamiya A-10 dates from the late 70s.

The Revellogram was regarded as the best A-10 in 1/48 until the Hobby Boss came out, but 1) I've read some negative impressions of the Hobby Boss kit and 2) the HB kit is $70...

Sparrowhyperion

Revellogram 1/48?

 

carsanab:

slight change to my build...looking in more detail at the F-117 in a lozenge scheme would not really be appreciated that much what with all the angles....so I am going to dress up an A-10 with the a nice colorful lozenge camo.....its shape will really take well to it...and the twin tails will add to it as well...

Carlos

 

not sure...I was thinking Tamiya and for sure 1/48...now, hows the cockpit detail for the Revell-o-gram and the fit??

Anyone?

C

I just finished my daily 1/48 search on eBay.  I saw a couple of nice ones there now.

DoogsATX

 

Hans von Hammer:

 

Seriously, the Revell Germany kits are usually reboxes of other companies older kits, although they've had their own line of kits since the 70s too.....

Revell 1/48 aircraft kits are generally ex-Monogram or ex-Revell US... 

 

 

Yeah, I did a bit of searching and apparently the RoG A-10 is the ex-Monogram, and the Revell is the Revell. The only way I know to tell the Monogram kit from the Revell (didn't even know Revell molded one?) is the split ailerons.

Whatever. I'm going to play it safe and snag an old Monogram boxing off eBay.

Revellogram 1/48?

carsanab

slight change to my build...looking in more detail at the F-117 in a lozenge scheme would not really be appreciated that much what with all the angles....so I am going to dress up an A-10 with the a nice colorful lozenge camo.....its shape will really take well to it...and the twin tails will add to it as well...

Carlos

Hans von Hammer

Seriously, the Revell Germany kits are usually reboxes of other companies older kits, although they've had their own line of kits since the 70s too.....

Revell 1/48 aircraft kits are generally ex-Monogram or ex-Revell US... 

Yeah, I did a bit of searching and apparently the RoG A-10 is the ex-Monogram, and the Revell is the Revell. The only way I know to tell the Monogram kit from the Revell (didn't even know Revell molded one?) is the split ailerons.

Whatever. I'm going to play it safe and snag an old Monogram boxing off eBay.

slight change to my build...looking in more detail at the F-117 in a lozenge scheme would not really be appreciated that much what with all the angles....so I am going to dress up an A-10 with the a nice colorful lozenge camo.....its shape will really take well to it...and the twin tails will add to it as well...

Carlos

yeah...computers and me are not exactly the best of friends 

That worked. :)

Just type in    Coloridos-en-Cielo.pps     into a Google search and click on that power-point that comes up (for me its the first link)

OWL

Hmmm, lets try this

xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/81537/1368951637/name/Coloridos-en-Cielo.pps

nope, thta didnt work either.....

Nope, doesn't work.  All it says is that you aren't logged in.

CallSignOWL

Lets see if this link works. My grandmother sent this slide-show to me and I thought it fit the GB perfectly!

http://web.mail.com/33356-111/mmc-2/en-us/mail/get-attachment.aspx?uid=1.29552635&folder=Inbox&partId=5&saveAs=Coloridos-en-Cielo.pps

 

OWL

 

PS: it will want to open a download thing

Lets see if this link works. My grandmother sent this slide-show to me and I thought it fit the GB perfectly!

http://web.mail.com/33356-111/mmc-2/en-us/mail/get-attachment.aspx?uid=1.29552635&folder=Inbox&partId=5&saveAs=Coloridos-en-Cielo.pps

OWL

PS: it will want to open a download thing

Seriously, the Revell Germany kits are usually reboxes of other companies older kits, although they've had their own line of kits since the 70s too.....

Revell 1/48 aircraft kits are generally ex-Monogram or ex-Revell US... 

DoogsATX,

You mean something like this?

Now if only TwoBobs made them in 1/72.

About ten bucks...

Okay...question!

Anybody know the difference, if any, between the Revell A-10 and the Revell of Germany A-10?

http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=REV04687

http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=RMX5521

DoogsATX

Put me down for a 1/48 Revell F-15E. Not sure the livery yet, but I'm leaning toward a 56th FG scheme...

Okay, scratch that. Put me down for a 1/48 Revellogram A-10...seems more appropriate.

If I'm feeling my druthers I might build a P-47 in A-10 green camo for a "Freaky Friday" theme...got a lot of builds on tap though...so...

I had done this F-16 a year or two ago.  It was Two-Bobs sheet on a Hase/Tamiya F-16 I mashed together.  Decals are for "Cripes A Mighty" Thought this was in the spirit of things:

That sounds cool.  I was thinking after this build I had another idea.  A Kit Bash.  Pick two unrelated aircraft and mash them into one or two kits combining both.  LOL  that would be fun now wouldn't it. lol

Hans von Hammer

Ya know... It's be a great 50th Anniversary Diorama if I put a Mustang on the ramp beside it, on modern colors, with the Phantom crew dressed in WW2 gear, and the Pony Driver in modern flight gear...

Hey Hammer, you can always darken out the canopy on that F-18. Make it a gate guardian or something...

Hans von Hammer

 

Heck, I forgot you were a graphic artist guy.. Sorry 'bout that..  I should be askin' YOU to help with my badges, lol...

But I don't know if adding my "Modern Jets w/ WW2 Camo" idea is far enough apart from yours to warrant it's own GB... It certainly won't right now, since this one has kicked off faster 'n Paris Hilton's panties...

Anyway, I'll see if I can get through this one, and maybe around mid-fall we can try it... Meanwhile, lock me into the Monogram 1/48 F-4C Phantom.  The F/A-18 is a bust as it's been parted out (forgot I helped another member with missing part for his Bug a couple years ago) and has no cockpit, seats or panel, aand I just don't care about jets enough to scratch-build all that, lol..

But the Double-Ugly is going to be a "mating" of two of the fighters that my Dad flew.. An F-4 Phantom in the colors and markings of a 343rd FS/55th FG P-51D...  Ho-ahh!

Should look good with everything that a well-dressed 55th FG's 50th Anniversary Phantom should have (if they'd have had one)... NMF wings, OD over NMF fuselage, black antiglare panel and invasion stripes, lol..

If it's the Revell/Monogram F18 Blue angel, I have a TON of spare parts you can have, including complete cockpit assemblies.  Like I said, I had three of them that didn't work out, so you are welcome to any parts you may need, just let me know and I'll see if I have it.  I'll keep the F18 on my list as a possible.

That brings up another point.  We all know some people are more prolific about their builds than others so I am going to try and put a limit of 3 kits per builder.  So even us slow guys can keep up.  lol

Rich

Ya know... It's be a great 50th Anniversary Diorama if I put a Mustang on the ramp beside it, on modern colors, with the Phantom crew dressed in WW2 gear, and the Pony Driver in modern flight gear...

I've only seen the Testors kits.  I actually have their big one in my stash.  It's on loan from my Daughter.  So in other words, she filled up her closet and now is moving stuff to mine.  They are dirt cheap on eBay right now.  This is the big 1/32 and it only cost me $10 plus shipping.  Remember, the whold point of this buikld is to build something wild and cool, so accuracy isn't as important here as in most builds.

carsanab

 

dont know yet.....but most likely 1/48....I will do some research and see...any suggestions...I usually stick to Tami-gawa kits...

C

Sparrowhyperion

I think that the two ideas are just different enough that we could do them in two separate builds since your idea is a bit more specialized, and in my build, camo or even markings at all aren't necessary.  I'll probably spend some quality time later on with my 3D software coming up with a badge.  I have a couple of ideas.

 

Hans von Hammer:

Here's a rough idea of the Group Badge I came up with earlier this morning for the GB I had in mind..

Mine was little different than yours, in that I was gonna make it modern jets (Meaning post-Cold War only)... Wanted to keep away from cross-overs that way, like when the F4U-4/5 was being redesignated as the AU-1 Corsair and AD Skyraider becoming the A-1 and grey over white vs overall Dark Sea Blue...

Putting the WW2 birds into modern grey isn't something I'd considered...  

If ya want, I can tweak this badge a bit more to fit your build, Sparrow..

That said, I'll jump in with an F/A 18 and/or the F-4C Phantom.  Which depends on which kit has the most parts left in the box, as I have a tendancy to rob jet kits of interesting detail parts for WW2 birds, lol...

 

 

 

Heck, I forgot you were a graphic artist guy.. Sorry 'bout that..  I should be askin' YOU to help with my badges, lol...

But I don't know if adding my "Modern Jets w/ WW2 Camo" idea is far enough apart from yours to warrant it's own GB... It certainly won't right now, since this one has kicked off faster 'n Paris Hilton's panties...

Anyway, I'll see if I can get through this one, and maybe around mid-fall we can try it... Meanwhile, lock me into the Monogram 1/48 F-4C Phantom.  The F/A-18 is a bust as it's been parted out (forgot I helped another member with missing part for his Bug a couple years ago) and has no cockpit, seats or panel, aand I just don't care about jets enough to scratch-build all that, lol..

But the Double-Ugly is going to be a "mating" of two of the fighters that my Dad flew.. An F-4 Phantom in the colors and markings of a 343rd FS/55th FG P-51D...  Ho-ahh!

Should look good with everything that a well-dressed 55th FG's 50th Anniversary Phantom should have (if they'd have had one)... NMF wings, OD over NMF fuselage, black antiglare panel and invasion stripes, lol..

Okay, you're all set.

DiscoStu

Go ahead and ink me down for Tamiya 1/48 F-117 in that Black/white splinter camo I was thinking for the Allison Mustang. I figured the Nighthawk needs more funny triangular shapes on it.

DoogsATX

DiscoStu:

It looks like Two Bobs knew this GB was coming. They have 3 sheets done up for USN Centenial Aircraft. F-18s and Prowlers in various stages of WWII USN blues. The Prowler looks pretty cool with the early Blue/Gray markings. http://twobobs.net/index1.html

 

Those are pretty awesome! Though shame on the USN for not doing a yellow-winger!

Also, the Texas ANG dressed up an F-16 a few years back for their 90th anniversary. Hasegawa makes a kit with the markings.

DoogsATX

DiscoStu:

It looks like Two Bobs knew this GB was coming. They have 3 sheets done up for USN Centenial Aircraft. F-18s and Prowlers in various stages of WWII USN blues. The Prowler looks pretty cool with the early Blue/Gray markings. http://twobobs.net/index1.html

 

Those are pretty awesome! Though shame on the USN for not doing a yellow-winger!

Also, the Texas ANG dressed up an F-16 a few years back for their 90th anniversary. Hasegawa makes a kit with the markings.

There used a be a member here that had that F-16 as his avatar...